i'm not feeling too good but i suddenly had this craving for popcorn balls! looked some recipes up and now wanting to make some of these...they're so pretty...............maybe i'll make it for all my tutors and kiddies next week. right before halloween.

photo session

maybe a month ago i won a free lifestyle photo session with kim nguyen-mendoza and earlier today, we finally got to do the photo shoot. i chose to do it at dry creek park in modesto so we can easily include the dogs as well as because david and i used to go there all the time when we were living in modesto. we used to go just the two of us or with friends. here's a picture that kim posted today.

she is super talented. what's so awesome about her and her husband is that they have this eye for detail to find spots to take the pictures! lol. snoopy was a wild one out there today though. he was barking, crying, pushing, and pulling. especially when david and i were away from him. big surprise right? millie was crying for our attention also but i'm so happy she's not loud like the big boy. haha. well, can't wait to see the rest of the pictures, especially the ones with the doggies!

rainy day

the first storm of the season is here. some people have been complaining about not getting a good night sleep because of the weather last night but i slept like a baby. the sound of the rain is rather soothing to me. i actually enjoyed working in my office this morning and looking out into the rain. it makes me happy because my grass will be green again soon!

and here's (part of) the new love of my life. my new sony vaio. i don't know why i love sony so much but i do.

edit: it looks like i met my goal to blog at least twice for the rest of this month. so proud of myself.

halloween cards

these halloween cards were actually made 2 years ago. i found them last week after cleaning out my desk area. hopefully i'll have time this week to make more. i'm kind of excited but nervous to make cards. it's been so long.

o for orange

looking through pictures and found this...taken last year...of the orange tree in front of momma's house....makes me want some oranges. can't wait for the one in my backyard to get ripe.

some homemade halloween cards will be posted soon in the next few days!!

goals

goals for the rest of this month

• keep work/office area organized


• visit apple hill again


• go to a halloween costume party/event


• eat another caramel apple!


• send out halloween cards


• do billing at least every 1-3 days


• take the dogs out for a walk at least twice


• start thinking of x-mas presents (get creative - low budget)


• finish my current read - "change of heart" by jodi picoult
  
• get a big bookshelf for office room
• create a to-do list for the next day before i go to sleep each night

edit: i need to add another goal. to blog atleast two more times before november! HAHA

a thrifty project

i want to find a beat up chair...and reupholster it...just like this chair...

thrift shopping

last night, as i was looking through other's blog, i came across these cute vintage matchboxes that ali edwards found at second hand places that inspired me to go thrift shopping! i love how she used it to decorate in her home..so cute...

so today, i went thrift shopping by myself at the goodwill while d stayed home to watch football and hopefully the puppies. HAHA. i went to two of them. these are the things i found at the first goodwill i stopped by.

five letter trays for $5! they're pretty much brand new! perfect for work to seperate all my papers.

this blue bucket to put our mail in. it was 3.99. i wish it was cheaper but since i always wanted to find some type of mail holder for the hallway at the front entrance of our house, i just took it anyways. and now we have something for our mail. yes! i love the size and color of it... like how the goodwill flyer is in front? HAHA. totally incidental.

and at the second goodwill, i was able to find these books!! all three for $4! i was so excited because i always wanted to read marley and me and my friend loved the movie the sisterhood of the traveling pants, so i wanted to read that book. lastly, i got the other book, house of sand and fog, just because its a book from oprah's book club.

okay, now off to clean and rearrange the house!!